Storage affects allogenic posttransfusion survival of red blood cells in healthy goats

Key Points

• To investigate how the duration of blood storage affects the survival of transfused red blood cells in healthy goats.
• Conducted transfusions of biotin-labeled red blood cells to healthy goats.
• Stored blood samples for 28 days prior to transfusion.
• Measured the half-life of transfused red blood cells post-transfusion.
• Post-transfusion survival of red blood cells decreased significantly after 28 days of storage.
• Biotin labeling showed a reduced half-life for stored red blood cells.